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A Zero Sum Gain scenario depends upon what sort of Immigration reform President Obama and the Democrats in Congress pursue. An immigration reform bill, that encouraged foreign entrepreneurs, scientists, and engineers to come to America, would gain strong bipartisan support. Many of the largest and most successful American companies (Google is a great example) were founded by foreigners that came here as students. Unfortunately, a Democratic Congress, following the lead of misguided protectionist like Nancy Pelosi and Henry Waxman, has made it more difficult for foreign scientists and engineers to come and stay in the US. Instead, it seems as if Waxman and Pelosi have concentrated on different variations of granting amnesty to the many illegals that have gained false entry into the U.S. If President Obama adopts this sort of immigration reform, he will choke off American economic growth and encourage countries like El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico to continue to export poverty to the US, by encouraging their poorest and least educated people to go to the U.S. illegally, where they will receive countless benefits, to include health care. How dumb is that?

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